#5E5274#5E5274

#5E5274 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.056 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5274
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 116)
HSL	hsl(261, 17%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 29.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 12.53, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 21.59, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.39% 0.0284 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(46.39% 0.056 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7851, 9.6752, 17.8189)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5274 #687452

analogous

#525774 #5E5274 #6F5274

triadic

#5E5274 #745E52 #52745E

tetradic

#5E5274 #745257 #687452 #52746F

square

#5E5274 #745257 #687452 #52746F

split-complementary

#5E5274 #746F52 #577452

monochromatic

#241F2C #413950 #5E5274 #7B6C97 #9B90B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#5E5274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5E5274 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5274

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5274	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.056 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c829c',
    500: '#5e5274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5274;
$custom-light: #8c829c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 17.172,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46393,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5274

secondary

#959E84

accent

#BA6E9F

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5274

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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